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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Biblical Passages"”.
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A Comparative Study of Yoga’s Most Foundational Scriptures and Relevant Biblical Passages
… is that these yogic scriptures contradict sound, biblical teaching. The significance of this thesis is that, insofar as a yoga practice adheres to its own scriptures, that practice is impermissible for Christians. The existing literature asserting yoga’s impermissibility for Christians lacks …
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Breaking the Sound Barrier, Breaking Faith: How Some Evangelical Christians Perceive Representations of Christianity in Contemporary Film
… a narrative code of conversion and memorizing biblical passages are cultural competencies that are learned through the participants' evangelical social formations. Studying and meditating on the Bible as a daily practice and hearing sermons where the narrative code of conversion is explained …
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Condemning rejection: the basis of God's condemnation of humanity
… study takes a look at the words or concepts, passages, and interpretations of the text and doctrines associated with the terms of sin and condemnation. In concerns to sin, this paper argues that the core of sin is an internal rejection of God. This is shown by looking at key Biblical passages …
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Constructing a Theology of Relational Life Through the Themes of Creation, Incarnation, and Re-Creation as an Alternative to Current Categories of Religions
… categories without first subjecting them to the biblical canon. As a result, the theological and missiological discourse on religions is often grounded in extra-biblical presuppositions rooted primarily in an overly high view of human reason that do not accurately portray a biblical approach to …
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Strengthening the Partnership Between the Church and Parachurch in the Calling and Care of Cru’s International Interns
… churches, chapter 2 provides a study of relevant biblical passages and a survey of the historical context for the current relational gaps. Chapter 3 follows with a brief discussion of Cru’s origin and the core values that distinguish the organization. Because the philosophies and practices Cru …
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An Analysis and Critique of Neil T. Anderson's Approach to Spiritual Warfare in Evangelism and Discipleship
… spiritual warfare and some of the major biblical, historical, and theological issues that are important in Anderson's approach to spiritual warfare. This chapter communicates the dissertation's thesis, modern day implications, analytical approach, and important connections in evangelism …
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Lesser Gods of the Ancient Near East and Some Comparisons with Heavenly Beings of the Old Testament
… of heavenly beings is totally lacking on the biblical side, descriptive semblances are found in the biblical material from Adamic times to Danielic days.</p> <p>Finally, the study synthesizes the differences and similarities between the Ancient Near Eastern and Old Testament imagery. Although …
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Biblical Lessons for Educational Leaders: The Servant Leadership of King David, Apostle Paul, Dr. Joe Hairston, Dr. Tim Markley
… will be the framework for interpreting the biblical passages as they relate to the leadership of King David and Apostle Paul, as well as the scenarios that occurred during the tenure of Superintendents Hairston and Markley. Additionally, this investigation will demonstrate and provide …
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Gay Christian? A Progressive Covenantal Response to David Gushee, James Brownson, and Matthew Vines
… of Scripture, and presents an overview of the biblical storyline from progressive covenantalism. Chapter 3 examines key biblical passages, particularly Genesis 1–2, from a biblical-theological perspective. The chapter closes with a discussion of marriage, singleness, and typology, proposing …
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Clemence of Barking and Valdes of Lyon: Two Contemporaneous Examples of Innovation in the Twelfth Century
… He also paid for a vernacular translation of biblical passages and allowed women to join his group. His preaching was unauthorized and he was ultimately excommunicated by the Church in 1184. Clemence and Valdes were strong supporters of Catholic ideals and were seeking to endorse Christian …
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Art and Sabbath: A Christian Response to Arthur Schopenhauer's Palliative Aesthetic
… Schopenhauer’s concept of Sabbath with a biblical concept of Sabbath. The chapter concludes that while the scriptural and the Schopenhauerian Sabbaths have several points of similarity, major distinctions exist between them. Thus, a biblical approach to understanding the arts through a …
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A study of the ecumenical nature of charismatic renewal: with particular reference to Roman Catholic and Anglican charismatic renewal in England
… the thesis includes some samples of fresh biblical exegesis on familiar ecumenically relevant biblical passages. The study concludes that there is indeed an ecumenical dimension of charismatic renewal. However, before that dimension can forward the visible unity of the whole church, …
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A Portrait of the Leadership of Women in Early Christianity: an Archaeological Study in Light of the Historical and Socio-Cultural Contexts
… the writings of some ancient authors and a few biblical texts. These studies have been done mostly by theologians and historians. Such studies rarely take a deep look at the Greco-Roman background and at the historical, socio-cultural contexts. This contextualization can be quite fruitful and …
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Theology of Judgment in Genesis 6-9
… is devoted to analyzing the three main extrabiblical ANE flood stories (the Eridu Genesis, the Atra-Hasis Epic, and the Gilgamesh Epic) from the four aspects of judgment: date, cause and purpose, extent, and procedure. The analysis of those stories reveals that the ANE flood was a historical …
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A christian feminist critique of pastors' authority roles: A case study of twelve Pentecostal churches in Lusaka, Zambia
… a fundamentalist and literalist reading of some biblical passages may have played a part in the unequal distribution of authority among female and male pastors, the most dominant factor was found to be patriarchal and sexist social structure which was extended to the religious roles of pastors. …
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A christian feminist critique of pastors' authority roles: A case study of twelve Pentecostal churches in Lusaka, Zambia
… a fundamentalist and literalist reading of some biblical passages may have played a part in the unequal distribution of authority among female and male pastors, the most dominant factor was found to be patriarchal and sexist social structure which was extended to the religious roles of pastors. …
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La "Descriptio de locis sanctis" di Rorgone Fretello. Analisi della tradizione manoscritta e edizione critica
… and offering a comparison between some notable passages from the two versions. The second redaction is furthermore addressed to a different person, Rodricus Toletanus (hence the initial ‘R’ to refer to it). Starting from this status quaestionis, this thesis is intended to produce a new critical …